An LBUSD spokesperson said the student’s accusations were investigated by school administration and law enforcement last year, but they were “neither corroborated nor substantiated.”
The two sides have been stuck for weeks in negotiations over pay increases and a proposal to add four student-free days to the school calendar, with TALB’s executive board voting to reject the district’s final offer earlier this week.
Parents and teacher-librarians, who are credentialed to educate kids with no teacher supervision, showed up in force to last night’s board meeting to protest the change in policy for library staffing, arguing that it would remove needed resources from district students.
Lopez can attend board meetings, ask questions of staff and participate in board discussions before casting “preferential votes,” which won’t be counted in the vote tally but will be recorded as a formal expression of opinion.
Long Beach teachers rallied at a Board of Education meeting on Wednesday evening, protesting for better wages and relief from what they feel are higher and higher demands from the district since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The board unanimously approved a five-year contract with the YMCA to revive the overnight outdoor camp at the YMCA’s Camp Oakes, beginning in the 2023-24 school year.
Bargaining resumes today between the two sides as they work to come to an agreement on a new contract.
The leak included names, emails and ID numbers of students, but it did not contain any sensitive information like addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers or grades.
The first event of this year’s festival will be held this Saturday at Dooley Elementary School. The festival will also include a virtual session and another in-person event next month.
Tim Ching recently retired after 42 years as a PE teacher and coach at Rogers. Now his name will be added to the gym’s scoreboard.
